Data for 1964

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1964

Name: Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1964
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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1964, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1964 covers 156 countries. Iceland is highest, at 899,551.8; Kuwait is lowest, at 0.0. The middle country reads 5,483.0. Against 1963, 155 values changed (3 up, 152 down), the same countries are covered.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita · Data for 1964

HighestIceland

899,551.8

LowestKuwait

0.0

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

156countries
1measure
1964the year it describes
156distinct values13 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1964, as published. FAO ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1964: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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1	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	899,551.8
2	Guyana`GUY`South America	387,606.9
3	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	375,513.4
4	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	366,033.4
5	Suriname`SUR`South America	320,345.8
6	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	304,460.9
7	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	291,994.6
8	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	188,965.8
9	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	158,888.4
10	Belize`BLZ`Central America	150,192.4
11	Canada`CAN`Northern America	147,477.4
12	Peru`PER`South America	143,595.0
13	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	138,467.7
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	126,479.5
15	Colombia`COL`South America	121,616.5
16	Panama`PAN`Central America	107,553.6
17	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	103,401.4
18	Chile`CHL`South America	100,084.5
19	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	89,058.8
20	Ecuador`ECU`South America	85,904.3
21	Venezuela`VEN`South America	85,841.8
22	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	81,969.1
23	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	80,247.7
24	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	77,709.6
25	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	76,647.8
26	Bolivia`BOL`South America	75,441.3
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	73,665.5
28	Brazil`BRA`South America	69,469.8
29	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	65,996.0
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	65,697.0
31	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	62,292.2
32	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	59,437.1
33	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	59,166.6
34	Paraguay`PRY`South America	56,436.7
35	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	53,080.7
36	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	48,940.0
37	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	44,058.4
38	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	42,245.7
39	Honduras`HND`Central America	39,249.2
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	34,750.8
41	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	31,629.6
42	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	30,762.7
43	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	27,185.8
44	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	27,085.5
45	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	24,725.8
46	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	23,889.2
47	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	23,524.0
48	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	22,420.9
49	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	22,319.8
50	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	20,425.2
51	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	20,281.9
52	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	18,106.4
53	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	17,978.7
54	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	17,093.7
55	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	16,474.2
56	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	15,137.6
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	14,828.0
58	United States`USA`Northern America	14,685.6
59	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	13,824.8
60	Argentina`ARG`South America	13,413.3
61	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	10,471.0
62	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	9,928.3
63	Mexico`MEX`Central America	9,791.2
64	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	9,557.4
65	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	7,613.7
66	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	7,548.6
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	7,426.2
68	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	7,196.5
69	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	6,978.5
70	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	6,972.0
71	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	6,897.4
72	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	6,815.2
73	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	6,761.5
74	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	6,391.0
75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	6,353.8
76	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	6,305.5
77	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	6,200.3
78	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	5,669.9
79	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	5,296.2
80	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	5,197.9
81	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	5,022.7
82	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	4,956.2
83	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	4,946.0
84	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	4,846.2
85	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	4,804.2
86	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	4,542.1
87	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	4,535.2
88	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	4,509.1
89	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	4,439.1
90	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	4,437.4
91	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	4,238.3
92	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	4,206.1
93	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	4,205.7
94	France`FRA`Western Europe	4,048.5
95	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	4,037.7
96	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	4,027.9
97	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	3,937.2
98	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	3,809.2
99	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3,735.8
100	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3,531.7
101	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	3,518.0
102	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	3,292.3
103	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	3,195.6
104	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	3,137.1
105	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	3,108.6
106	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3,051.1
107	India`IND`Southern Asia	3,017.3
108	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	2,907.0
109	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	2,848.7
110	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	2,838.0
111	Puerto Rico`PRI`Caribbean	2,779.9
112	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	2,685.2
113	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	2,578.5
114	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	2,465.0
115	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2,445.1
116	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	2,420.1
117	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2,363.9
118	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2,317.4
119	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	2,306.8
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	2,248.3
121	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	2,240.1
122	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	2,045.8
123	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	1,879.2
124	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	1,813.2
125	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	1,804.8
126	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1,721.3
127	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1,420.6
128	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1,353.6
129	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1,279.6
130	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1,273.4
131	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1,270.6
132	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1,265.8
133	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	1,114.2
134	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1,082.7
135	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	984.8
136	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	939.3
137	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	934.3
138	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	923.4
139	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	907.1
140	Niger`NER`Western Africa	889.3
141	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	881.1
142	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	850.5
143	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	658.5
144	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	592.9
145	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	458.7
146	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	435.3
147	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	399.2
148	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	347.2
149	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	333.4
150	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	325.8
151	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	303.0
152	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	298.0
153	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	157.2
154	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	33.5
155	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	20.6
156	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.0

02In 1964

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Iceland899,551.8
2Guyana387,606.9
3Bhutan375,513.4
4Papua New Guinea366,033.4
5Suriname320,345.8

Lowest

156Kuwait0.0
155Bahrain20.6
154Egypt33.5
153Malta157.2
152Maldives298.0

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 5,483.0. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031963 → 1964

Since 1963

What changed between 1963 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
155values changed, of 156 in both
3 · 152rose · fell
1unchanged

Rose most

Guinea-Bissau26,917.1 → 27,185.8+268.7
Saint Kitts and Nevis449.1 → 458.7+9.6
Malta156.6 → 157.2+0.6

Fell most

Iceland915,686.8 → 899,551.8−16,135.0
Suriname333,295.2 → 320,345.8−12,949.3
Bhutan387,508.4 → 375,513.4−11,995.0
Guyana396,031.8 → 387,606.9−8,424.9
Papua New Guinea374,058.5 → 366,033.4−8,025.2

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1964.
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Nothing missing
Every one of the 156 countries has every column.

05The files

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (1964). Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1964 [data set], describing 1964. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freshwater-per-capita/1964

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07Questions

Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1964: questions and answers

Which country has the highest renewable freshwater per person in Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1964?

Iceland, at 899,551.8, of the 156 countries in the file.

What year does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1964 describe?

1964.

How many countries does Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1964 cover?

156.

Where can I download Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1964?

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Is Renewable Internal Freshwater Resources per Capita, 1964 the newest?

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